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Route 66 Connections: No Expectations, No Focus
When traveling without expectations, a journey is at first a series of disconnected experiences because it occurs organically, not in a series of marketing meetings that plan it from start to finish. That’s where I’ve been for the past two … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Food, Main Street, Motorcycle, Museum
Tagged Route 66, Small Town Cafe, Small Town Survival
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Route 66: There Will be Serendiculous Wrong Turns
With a multitude of cutoff towns and rerouted roads, there is not one true path for Route 66. You pick an era and hope for the best. For the most part, Ed and I have been following the 1926-30 route … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Food, Main Street, Motorcycle, Museum, National Historic Register
Tagged Route 66, Small Town Cafe, Travel Serindipity
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Route 66: Pink Lines & Roads Previously Traveled
Morning dawned gray and wet in Pacific, Missouri. Waiting it out seemed the best option because riding in the moist contrails of the semis barreling down the road unabated by the weather, seemed the best course of action. The Quality … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Main Street, Motorcycle, Museum, Travel
Tagged Highway Progress, Route 66, Small Town Cutoffs, Small Town Survival
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Route 66: Following the Pink Line From Chicago to LA
As an aficionado of small towns and the people who live in them, there seemed no better way to explore those not yet visited than by following the path of the road that once connected them: Route 66. The towns … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Main Street, Motorcycle, National Historic Register, Travel
Tagged Motorcycle, Route 66, Small Town Survival
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Lessons Learned From a Reintroduction to My Former Self
Winnowing the detritus collected from early in life when its expiration date was an obtuse reality, I discovered keepsakes from what started as a practical adventure. A timeworn plastic frame surrounded the faded 4×5-inch Polaroid image of an almost 21-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Motorcycle, Travel
Tagged 1974 Motorcycle Trip, Interstate 80, Road Rider Magazine Rejection
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Black & White Life and Legacy at Missouri Military Academy
MEXICO, MISSOURI—Missouri Military Academy fills a prominent place in my cranial archive. It was founded in 1889. I was its director of publications and public information from 1982, when I graduated from J-school, until 1989, the school’s centennial year. In … Continue reading
Zumo Wrestling: Trial & Error for the Win
Garmin GPS units have been showing me the way since the company came to life in Olathe, south of Kansas City and my home in Parkville, a small town just across the Missouri River. I started with their aviation unit, … Continue reading
Lessons Learned by Vagabondage’s Penultimate Evening
DUBUQUE, IOWA—Sitting on a concrete point poking into the Mississippi River, with a cigar and rye whiskey in hand, I’m sure Sam Clemons would approve of how I’m spent my last night on the road. Watching the moon rise and … Continue reading
After Dancing All Day With Mother Nature, She Splits
SIOUX CITY, IOWA—After several good riding days that took us across Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, and most of Nebraska, Mother Nature decided that we’d had enough. Ed awoke first this morning. Seeing gray skies, he iPhoned the weather. A huge … Continue reading
Posted in Lodging, Motorcycle, Travel, Weather
Tagged Iowa, Severe Thunderstorms, Sioux City, Travel Weather
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